we're getting the richmond fed survey. it could be a market mover. and existing home sales, diana olick, what's that number look like? >> reporter: mark, existing home sales fell 0.6% in february to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.02 million units. no january revisions. sales are up 7% year over year, but that is the third straight month of sales declines. regionally, sales up 2.4% in the northeast, up 2.8% in the midwest, down 1.1% in the south and down 4.7% in the west. the median existing home price in february, $165,100, that's down 1.8% year over year. regionally the biggest price drop 9.8% in the west. but year over year, actually, price increases in the northeast 7.5%. inventories, here is your big story of the day. inventories added 312,000 units to a 3.59 million supply. that is 8.6 month supply. with inventories rising, the realtors are saying we better see that second sales surge soon, or else we're going to see additional downward presser on home prices. distressed sales, 35% of the market. first time buyers, 42%. all cash, 27%. er